Likutay Moharan - Torah-teaching 272

272 – Today, If You Will Hear His Voice

“Today, if you will hear His voice” (Psalms 95:7). This is a great principle in the service of Hashem: that a person should set before his eyes only the present day— whether regarding matters of livelihood or his personal needs. He should not plan from one day to the next, as is taught in the holy books.

So too in his divine service—he should focus only on this day and this hour. For when a person desires to enter into the service of Hashem, it can seem to him like a heavy burden, one too great to carry. But if he thinks that he has only this day, it will not be a burden to him at all.

And furthermore, he should not delay his efforts from day to day, saying, “Tomorrow I will begin,” or, “Tomorrow I will pray with proper focus and strength,” and the like in other areas of service.

For a person has in his world only this day and this moment in which he now stands. Tomorrow is an entirely different world.

“Today, if you will hear His voice”—today, specifically. Understand this well.

→ Emphasizing the power of the present moment as the only true path to spiritual growth.